[1][2] The ballpark was built on land adjacent to what is now Monomoy Regional High School, and features a deep outfield fence with a symmetrical configuration.

[3][4] As early as the 1920s, Harwich had a franchise in the CCBL, albeit originally a combined Chatham-Harwich team.

The commissioner had been a longtime summer resident of Harwich and a fan of the Mariners and the CCBL, and wished to honor his late father who had been the baseball captain at Yale University in 1931.

[10] A 2008 grant from the Yawkey Foundation helped fund major upgrades to Whitehouse that included the installation of a new lighting system and protective netting.

[16][17][18] The ballpark has been the summertime home of dozens of future major leaguers such as Kevin Millar,[19] Josh Donaldson,[20] and DJ LeMahieu.